This article, along with counterpart articles for HortonWorks (Ambari) and MapR, describes the simple 3-step process to connect the IRI Voracity big data management platform to a Cloudera distribution through the VGrid Gateway.

After connecting, data can be conveniently moved between HDFS and other systems. Furthermore, that data can be manipulated and transformed in Hadoop via MR2, Spark, Spark Stream, Storm or Tez using the jobs created in Voracity’s Eclipse IDE, IRI Workbench.

9. Multiple configurations can be associated with each user; however, only one can be active at any given time.

Step 3 – Enter configuration details in IRI Workbench

1. Open IRI Workbench. On the IRI > VGrid Gateway preferences screen, enter the details of the connection.

2. Click Test Connection to confirm that a successful connection is made. Included engines can be narrowed down here if only certain engines are being used in the Hadoop environment. Also, a default engine can be selected for Hadoop run configurations.

Once connected, you should be able to interact with HDFS and run compatible Voracity jobs seamlessly per this article. If you have any questions or need assistance, contact voracity@iri.com.